# Amputations at Snyder Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032291` · 3/7/2018 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Snyder Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 340 Wales AVE, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a large CNC lathe machine when the employee's hand was pinched between the moving pallet and a fixed point on the machine, partially amputating the right middle finger.

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